Question

our beloved chairman mao had started the cultural revolution in may. every day since then on the radio we heard about the need to end the evil and pernicious harmful influences of the four olds: old ideas, old culture, old customs and old habits. chairman mao told us we would never succeed at building a strong socialist country until we destroyed the four olds, and established the four news. -j -h jiang, red scarf girl according to the passage, why did mao want the four olds destroyed? they needed to destroy old ways in order for communism to succeed. they were preventing people from serving in the revolutionary army. they needed a new way of life if china was to win the war against the nationalists. they were standing in the way of a new capitalist society.

Explanation:

The passage states that Chairman Mao said they would never succeed at building a strong socialist country until they destroyed the Four Olds. This implies that the old ways (represented by the Four Olds) needed to be destroyed for communism (building a strong socialist country is part of communist ideology) to succeed. The other options are not supported by the text. There is no mention of preventing people from serving in the revolutionary army, winning a war against the Nationalists, or a new capitalist society in relation to the Four Olds.

Answer:

They needed to destroy old ways in order for communism to succeed.